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Origin of Photoshop explained by co-developer John Knoll

Posted Jan 16th, 2010 at 3:43 PM and seen 15107 times

This is an interview with John Knoll. He is the co-developer of Adobe Photoshop. The interviewer is Robert Scoble. John is currently the visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic. He’s worked on a few movies you might have heard of like Star Wars, Star Trek, The Abyss, and Pirates of the Carribbean.

Sorry about the focus. I keep forgetting that the Nikon D90 does not autofocus when shooting video. The ILM tour was given by Lucasfilm employee Selwyn Eddy. My friend, Craig Hosoda, arranged our tour and our meeting with John. Craig is the other person in the video.

Total Photoshop tips and tricks.

 Guy Kawasaki

Comments (9)

Jan 16, 2010
CouchSurfingOri said...
Wow! Awesome! John Knoll is a legend! I've been using Photoshop since v3.1 (knew the easter eggs back then). Used Knoll Lens Flare kits, and have been to ILM. Some of my Photoshop work's at http://bit.ly/MOppY - I like your content normally, but this one is truly awesome for me. Thanks for sharing. (Is the rest posted somewhere?)
Jan 16, 2010
Robert Scoble said...
I'll have my video up shortly (which is a lot longer than yours). Thanks, that was a lot of fun.
Jan 17, 2010
PhotodanDotNet said...
Knoll's the creator of the digital darkroom and my job would be terrible without his creation. All hail Knoll
Jan 18, 2010
Michael Lamarre said...
I opened this link from Scott kelby's blog and i am unable to see the video
Jan 18, 2010
Mark Gordon said...
How professional people can make such amateur production?
Bad background with someone walk from time to time,bad framing.and that constant background noise is terrible and unacceptable,specially with Mr.Knoll gentle,low tone voice.
What You needed more was cigarette and coffee...Greetings...........Mark
Jan 18, 2010
Roger said...
It's so cool to hear this direct from the man.
Jan 18, 2010
Robert Schwarztrauber said...
Great behind the scenes interview...so nice to finally meet the maker!
Jan 21, 2010
John said...
Here's the whole thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItTsYmy8lQ&feature=related
Jan 25, 2010
johnmathieu said...
Wow! I worked for SuperMac while I was in high school and may have shipped John that SuperMac XP 20 drive myself.

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